B.c.e. Roman Period
HUM 2210 Study Guide: Exam 2
Identify the Following Art and Architectual Works
Works of Art aligned to Cultural Periods
Minoan Period
Bull-leaping fresco from the Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete, ca. 1500 B.C.E.
Priestess with Snakes, Minoan, ca. 1600 B.C.E.
Mycenaean Period
Lion Gate, Citadel at Mycenae, c.a. 1500-1300 B.C.E.
Funerary Mask (gold), possibly of Agamemnon, c.a. 1500
Greek: Archaic Period
Funerary Krater with “Geometric” Decoration, c.a. 750 B.C.E.
Calf-Bearer, ca. 575-550 B.C.E.
Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice, black-figured amphora, c.a. 530 B.C.E.
Death of Sarpedon, red-figure krater, ca. 515 B.C.E.
Greek: Classical Period
Kritios Boy, c.a. 480
Doryphorus (Spear-Bearer), by Polycleitus, 450-440 B.C.E
Zeus, c.a. 460 B.C.E.
Aphrodite of Knidos, by Praxiteles, c.a. 350 B.C.E.
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, 448-442 B.C.E.
Erechtheus, Praxithea, and Their Three Daughters (from the Parthenon frieze), ca. 440 B.C.E.
Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, 430-405 B.C.E.
Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, 427-424 B.C.E.
Hellenistic Period
Head of Alexander, 200 B.C.E. (see p. 125)
Altar of Zeus, c.a. 175 B.C.E.
Apollo Belvedere, c.a. 325 B.C.E.
Nike of Samothrace, c.a. 190 B.C.E.
Lacoön and His Sons (Lacoön Group), c.a. 140 B.C.E.
Venus de Milo, ca. 200 B.C.E.
Roman Period
Augustus of Primaporta, c.a. 20 B.C.E.
Colosseum, Rome, 70-82 C.E.
The Pantheon, 118-125 C.E.
Maisson Carree, Nimes, France, c.a. 19 B.C.E.
Trajan’s Victory Column, Rome, 113 C.E.
Detail from Trajan’s Column, Rome, 113 C.E.
Arch of Titus, Rome, c.a. 81 C.E.
Spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem, Relief from the Arch of Titus, Rome, c.a. 81 C.E.
Hadrian Sacrificing to Apollo, ca. 130-138 C.E.
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, c.a. 173 C.E.
Roman Aristocrat holding Portrait Busts of His Ancestors, late first century B.C.E.
Atrium, House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii, Italy, first century C.E.
Isis Lactans (Isis
Identify the Following Art and Architectual Works
Works of Art aligned to Cultural Periods
Minoan Period
Bull-leaping fresco from the Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete, ca. 1500 B.C.E.
Priestess with Snakes, Minoan, ca. 1600 B.C.E.
Mycenaean Period
Lion Gate, Citadel at Mycenae, c.a. 1500-1300 B.C.E.
Funerary Mask (gold), possibly of Agamemnon, c.a. 1500
Greek: Archaic Period
Funerary Krater with “Geometric” Decoration, c.a. 750 B.C.E.
Calf-Bearer, ca. 575-550 B.C.E.
Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice, black-figured amphora, c.a. 530 B.C.E.
Death of Sarpedon, red-figure krater, ca. 515 B.C.E.
Greek: Classical Period
Kritios Boy, c.a. 480
Doryphorus (Spear-Bearer), by Polycleitus, 450-440 B.C.E
Zeus, c.a. 460 B.C.E.
Aphrodite of Knidos, by Praxiteles, c.a. 350 B.C.E.
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, 448-442 B.C.E.
Erechtheus, Praxithea, and Their Three Daughters (from the Parthenon frieze), ca. 440 B.C.E.
Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, 430-405 B.C.E.
Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, 427-424 B.C.E.
Hellenistic Period
Head of Alexander, 200 B.C.E. (see p. 125)
Altar of Zeus, c.a. 175 B.C.E.
Apollo Belvedere, c.a. 325 B.C.E.
Nike of Samothrace, c.a. 190 B.C.E.
Lacoön and His Sons (Lacoön Group), c.a. 140 B.C.E.
Venus de Milo, ca. 200 B.C.E.
Roman Period
Augustus of Primaporta, c.a. 20 B.C.E.
Colosseum, Rome, 70-82 C.E.
The Pantheon, 118-125 C.E.
Maisson Carree, Nimes, France, c.a. 19 B.C.E.
Trajan’s Victory Column, Rome, 113 C.E.
Detail from Trajan’s Column, Rome, 113 C.E.
Arch of Titus, Rome, c.a. 81 C.E.
Spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem, Relief from the Arch of Titus, Rome, c.a. 81 C.E.
Hadrian Sacrificing to Apollo, ca. 130-138 C.E.
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, c.a. 173 C.E.
Roman Aristocrat holding Portrait Busts of His Ancestors, late first century B.C.E.
Atrium, House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii, Italy, first century C.E.
Isis Lactans (Isis